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These precipitation gauges: * measure how much rainfall/precipitation falls on the ground (mm) * are peripherals to hydrometric monitoring stations …
For example, Aspen decline where repeated infestations of Forest Tent Caterpillar, are combined with several seasons of prolonged drought. …
Point locations of water and weather monitoring stations used by the Surface Water Monitoring Centre to assess flood and drought …
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This series of datasets has been created by AAFC’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS) of the Agro-Climate, Geomatics and Earth …
Shifts in temperature, distribution of rainfall, and increases in extreme weather events can severely disrupt agricultural operations, making continual environmental …
It is designed to help hydrologists, water resource managers, and emergency planners pinpoint watersheds facing higher rainfall or snowfall totals …
These dynamic data sets along with static data sets on land cover, soil water holding capacity, irrigation, ecozones and land …
The impact of climatic variability on the environment is of great importance to the agricultural sector in Canada. Monitoring the …